News - Industrial Arts Institute

Industrial Arts Institute Announces Their December 2024 Welder Graduation Keynote Speaker

by Tammi Ward | Dec 12, 2024 | Cohort, Featured, News, Past Cohort

Onaway, MI—The Industrial Arts Institute (IAI) has announced the keynote speaker for the 24th cohort of students graduating from its Comprehensive Industrial Welding and Fabrication Program. Matt Waligora, a veteran, former Alpena, Michigan’s mayor, and CEO of Sunrise...

Onaway welding students partner with DNR to build footbridge at Harrisville State Park

by sommer | Jun 20, 2023 | News, Past Cohort, Student Projects

What’s happening: A special alloy of workforce development and environmental stewardship efforts continues to take shape in Presque Isle County. A group of welding students at the Industrial Arts Institute (IAI) in Onaway has built a footbridge to be...

Industrial Arts Institute Awarded the Outstanding Contributor Award

by sommer | Jun 20, 2023 | Youth Training Opportunities, News

Onaway, MI — The Economic Generator Network has recognized the Industrial Arts Institute(IAI) with the Outstanding Contributor Award for their excellence in welding education andworkforce development. The award, which comes with a $15,000 prize, was given to...

Industrial Arts Institute Students Use Cutting-edge Welding Technology to Build Swing Set

by sommer | Sep 22, 2021 | News

Industrial Arts Institute has a reputation for building skilled trades workers that are focused creating quality workmanship and having a sense of civic responsibility. So, when Awaken Church in Onaway wanted to build a swing set from scratch for their new family...

Michigan DNR and Industrial Arts Institute Blaze New Trail with Creative Partnership

by sommer | Sep 9, 2021 | News

The next time you’re hiking on the North Central, North Eastern, or North Western state trails, take a closer look at the new trail gates. There’s a chance they were made by welding students from Industrial Arts Institute in Onaway, Michigan. IAI students have a...

Creating a Worker with More Skills: IAI Targeted Welding Training Answers Needs of Local Employer

by sommer | Jun 29, 2021 | News

Since the onset of the pandemic, US manufacturing indexes have reached a 37-year high[1]. Still, manufacturers continue to struggle, not only with skyrocketing material costs and supply chain issues, but with labor shortages. Welders and metal...

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